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12-letter words containing a, r, k, s

  • straightneck — a variety of summer squash related to the crookneck but not having a recurved neck.
  • straitjacket — a garment made of strong material and designed to bind the arms, as of a violently disoriented person.
  • stratotanker — an aircraft that can refuel other aircrafts at high speeds and altitudes
  • stravinskian — of, relating to, or suggesting the composer Igor Stravinsky or his works.
  • streetwalker — a prostitute who solicits on the streets.
  • stretch mark — a silvery streak occurring typically on the abdomen or thighs and caused by stretching of the skin over a short period of time, as during pregnancy or rapid weight gain.
  • stretchmarks — marks that remain visible on the abdomen after its distension, esp in pregnancy
  • strike fault — a fault that trends parallel to the strike of the strata that it offsets.
  • strike hands — to show agreement by clasping hands
  • strike plate — strike (def 67).
  • stringy-bark — any of several eucalyptus trees having a fibrous bark
  • suckers' gap — a temporary improvement, occurring between two periods of inclement weather, which deceives people into acting in expectation of continued fine weather
  • sugar shaker — a container with holes in the top, used for sprinkling sugar onto food
  • sukarnoputri — Megawati (ˈmɛɡəˌwɒtɪ). born 1947, Indonesian politician; president of Indonesia (2001–04): daughter of Achmed Sukarno
  • survival kit — Military. a package containing medical supplies, rations, and other vital equipment for use by a person forced to land in or parachute into the ocean, jungle, or other isolated or hostile territory.
  • swashbuckler — a swaggering swordsman, soldier, or adventurer; daredevil.
  • take up arms — Usually, arms. weapons, especially firearms.
  • tartar steak — ground beefsteak seasoned with salt and pepper and served uncooked, often mixed with a raw egg and garnished with capers, onions, etc.
  • taskmistress — a woman whose function it is to assign tasks, especially burdensome ones, to others.
  • tinker's dam — the least value or merit; nothing or anything at all: It's not worth a tinker's damn.
  • torreys peak — a mountain in central Colorado, in the Front Range, in the E Rocky Mountains. 14,267 feet (4349 meters).
  • track system — a system whereby students are separated into different groups or classes according to test scores or relative scholastic ability, as to assure that gifted students are not inhibited by slower learners.
  • trainer sock — a sock designed to be worn with a training shoe, often cut low at the ankle so that very little shows above the shoe
  • trash talker — to use disparaging or boastful language.
  • truk islands — a group of islands in the W Pacific, in the E Caroline Islands: administratively part of the US Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands from 1947; became self-governing in 1979 as part of the Federated States of Micronesia; consists of 11 chief islands; a major Japanese naval base during World War II. Pop: 53 381 (2006). Area: 130 sq km (50 sq miles)
  • turkish bath — a bath in which the bather, after copious perspiration in a steam room, showers and has a rubdown.
  • turkmenistan — a republic in central in Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea, Iran, and Afghanistan. 188,417 sq. mi. (488,000 sq. km). Capital: Ashkhabad.
  • unartistlike — lacking artistic sensibilities and skills
  • undertakings — the act of a person who undertakes any task or responsibility.
  • unsailorlike — not befitting a sailor
  • unshrinkable — not able to contract or become smaller in size
  • vanga shrike — any of several birds of the family Vangidae, endemic to Madagascar, some of which resemble shrikes, with great diversity in size, color, and bill shape.
  • wackyparsing — (Internet, slang) present participle of wackyparse.
  • waking hours — Your waking hours are the times when you are awake rather than asleep.
  • walkthroughs — Plural form of walkthrough.
  • warwickshire — a county in central England. 765 sq. mi. (1980 sq. km).
  • watered silk — silk with a wavy lustrous finish
  • weathercocks — Plural form of weathercock.
  • weavers-knot — sheet bend.
  • wesley clark — (person)   One of the designers of the Laboratory Instrument Computer at MIT who subsequently had a quiet hand in many seminal computing events, such as the development of the Internet, the first really good description of the metastability problem in computer logic.
  • west warwick — a town in E Rhode Island, near Providence.
  • whaler shark — a large voracious shark, Galeolamna macrurus, of E. Australian waters
  • wilkes-barre — a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Susquehanna River.
  • windbreakers — Plural form of windbreaker.
  • wisecracking — a smart or facetious remark.
  • witch's mark — devil's mark.
  • work station — a work or office area assigned to one person, often one accommodating a computer terminal or other electronic equipment.
  • work surface — A work surface is a flat surface, usually in a kitchen, which is easy to clean and on which you can do things such as prepare food.
  • work-release — of or relating to a program under which prisoners may work outside of prison while serving their sentences.
  • work-sharing — an arrangement whereby one full-time job may be carried out by two people working part time
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